The following tutorial on how to install Ubuntu and dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 7 is presented for educational purposes only, and no warranties are made as to its accuracy or reliability.
I spent countless hours trying to have a 3 boot system : PC-BSD, Ubuntu and Windows 7 and I can say that PC-BSD 8.2 and 9.0 is a no go for Sony Vaio. In the case of PC-BSD 9.0 beta there are some video drivers problems, while in the case of PC-BSD 8.2 the Ntfs partition are getting screwed ( I don’t know why, but I tried 3 times with same result ).
Sony Vaio S series comes with Windows 7 64-bit pre-installed and 4 Samsung ssd are configured in Raid 0 configuration. The system has one Recovery partition of 11Gb, another System Reserved 100Mb Ntfs partition that contains the boot files and a big partition for Windows 7 64 bit. In case of emergency the system can be restore easily by pushing the ASSIST button ( near power button ). If you are Windows fan and you don’t want to play with other OS-es this is perfect. Good and generous hardware, convenient recovery system – a dream. You should take care and save your Recovery partition because in the package that comes with the laptop you have only 2 Windows 7 32-bit Recovery DVD-s . It is a little out of reason to deliver a system on 64 bit with 32 bit recovery DVD, but if you backup your Recovery partition all will be fine.
So first and very important step is to backup the 11Gb Recovery Partition. You can find a bunch of free and/or commercial ghost programs to do this and you should definitely make the ghost image because once you touch the 100Mb partition, the Recovery partition is useless. If you are at this point, you will have to use the Recovery DVD, Restore the system to factory default, witch will repair the 100Mb partition, then restore the Recovery Partition from ghost and restore back Windows 7 64-bit.
Since the 100Mb partition is so important, the next smart step is to make a ghost image after this partition too. In case you do this, and problems happen, you don’t have to recover your system from DVD’s anymore (and spare a lot of time) just make one 11Gb Ntfs recovery partition that you recover from ghost image, one 100 Mb Ntfs partition that you recover from your ghost image and at this step you can use the ASSIST button to recover your system.
From my 2 days struggle I can say at this moment that touching the 100Mb partition will make the Recovery partition useless. Since I didn’t know the reason of using 3 primary partitions, though leaving no space for BSD or Linux which needs to be installed on primary partition, I erased it and got myself in a serie of problems where I couldn’t boot on windows anymore. While trying to recover the system using the Recovery partition, Windows returned the following “Windows cannot install on this hardware” error which will repeat if you try to restore again the system.

Tools needed : Usb Thumb-drive (the faster and larger the better), Yumi – a tool to install multiple ISO on the thumb-drive, Linux Mint(for gparted in order to resize your partitions), Ubuntu alternate ISO otherwise you won’t be able to install grub2 and Rescatux http://www.supergrubdisk.org/rescatux/ in case you have problems with grub ( you will have a menu on your stick named Super Grub2 Disk that have wonderful tools and will allow you to boot intro Windows or Ubuntu). Until now ( raid 0 ) I used PMagic which is a very nice portable distribution with a lot of useful tools.
Since I have been there there and found the solution for using partedmagic here is what you should do. Normally pmagic will boot without loading the soft-raid and so gparted will see the 4 sdd as empty drives.
To activate all dmraid disk arrays, the “dmraid -ay” command is used:
root@PartedMagic:~# dmraid -ay
root@PartedMagic:~# dmraid -sa -c
root@PartedMagic:~#
Now you can start gparted and you will see the raid drive and make any operation on it.
You can also start from Mint/Ubuntu live CD since bought of them load automatically the soft-raid and have gparted package.

I won’t cover the resizing partition part since is an easy going procedure, you just need to find gparted and make the necessary change. I want to mention that partitioning ssd is unbelievable quick and after installing Ubuntu I understood why Sony chose to install not one but 2 or 4 ssd in raid0. The 7200 hdd I have on my old system has an average of 60Mb/s transfer rate while the 4 ssd in raid 0 have an average of 800Mb/s which is amassing. You can check this video to see about what I am talking
Ssd vs Hdd

IMPORTANT
If you don’t touch the 100Mb Partition and don’t change the partitions order ( one partition that can be anything- this is where I installed Ubuntu, second the 100mb partition, third Windows, then doesn’t meter) everything will go smoothly. You can delete the Recovery partition ( on your own responsibility ) resize the partitions the way you want and the system will boot without any problem. As for me I resized the Recovery partition and format it EXT4 and start installing Ubuntu on it.

If you have the Sony Vaio hdd model than you can use the desktop distribution of Ubuntu, but in case you have the model with 2 or 4 ssd in raid0 you need to download the alternate distro (i386 or amd64) depending on your taste. Since there are problems with flash on amd64 distro and since you can install pae kernel that can see more that 2.4Gb of ram, I decided to go with the i386 distro. The fun part with alternate iso is that it is not as automated as the desktop one and you will have to make some manual configuration.

* don’t configure the network unless you know what you are doing. On my first attempt I have done so and the result was that I couldn’t connect to Internet with either wifi and cable. Better choose to make the config later
* Activate Serial ATA Raid chose YES
* don’t dismount /dev/sde since that is your thumb-drive ( my case ) and doing so the system cannot find the installing ISO.
* choose manual partition and select your root partition / ( I also chose my /home and /swap partitions as well ). Take care to mark down the name of the Raid disk because you will need it in order to configure Grub ( it should be something like isw_ifiblkkenn_Volume0 ) and it is located at /dev/mapper. I don’t understand why such a complicated name, why doesn’t Linux mount it automatically at /dev/dm0 in order to make the things less complicated … anyway.
* the most important step is the grub configuration, you will have to manual enter the name of the raid partition and it should look like this /dev/mapper/isw_xxxxxx_Volume0 . It is not important that your Ubuntu partition is on isw_ifxxxx_Volume0p1 or p2 etc…

If you manage to arrive at this point you have your system ready, dual boot with Windows 7 and Ubuntu. If you have more than 2 Gb of Ram and since you read this that should be the case, you can use Synaptic to install the kernel with PAE support and thou access 4,6 or 8 Gb of Ram on your laptop.

About BSD. At this stage I tried to install PC-BSD in the place of the 100mb partition ( after resizing it to 17Gb) and this experiment was a total fiasco since it destroyed the Windows partition and I had to take all the procedure from the beginning. I am a newbie on Linux and BSD and it is very likely that there is a solution to have the system up and running without the 100mb partition or with Windows 7 and BSD. If you have a better solution please let me know. I think that the 100Mb partition as primary partition is a waste and I would gladly lose it.

This mini how-to is working for the following models VPCZ217GG, VPCSA28GG, VPCSA26GG, VPCSB19GG, VPCZ21AGX/B, VPCZ21TGX/X, VPCZ21SHX/X, VPCSA2BGX/BI, VPCSA2SGX/T, VPCSA2Z9E, VPCSB1A9E .

iPhone dev-team has pushed ultrasn0w 1.2.3 to unlock iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS running iOS 4.3.3 on old basebands. check out all compatible basebands with ultrasn0w 1.2.3 after the jump

Compatible basebands:

01.59.00
04.26.08
05.11.07
05.12.01
05.13.04
06.15.00

Incompatible basebands :

02.10.04
03.10.01
04.10.01
05.14.02
05.15.04
05.16.02

iPhone 3GS users:
You have to jailbreak your iPhone on 6.15.00 basebands on iOS 4.1 / 4.2.1,

Requirement:
You have to jailbreak your iPhone 4 or iPhone 3GS on the latest iOS 4.3.3,
Step 1: Open Cydia on your iPhone 4 or 3GS, Go to Manage->Sources

Step 2: Now tap on “Edit”, then tap on “Add”

Enter the following repo http://repo666.ultrasn0w.com then tap on “Add Source” as shown below.

Step 3: Now search for ultrasn0w 1.2.3 then install it. By installing ultrasn0w 1.2.3, your device became unlocked

Step 4: Finally, restart your iPhone and you should now enjoy an unlocked iPhone 4 or 3GS on iOS 4.3.3.

Jailbreak iPhone 4, 3GS on iOS 4.1 with Limera1n Step by step!!!

Moments ago, we posted that Limera1n was released to jailbreak all iOS 4.1
devices forever. We promised with how-to guides and here we go, you can now use the step by step guide below to jailbreak iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS using Limera1n on Windows only.
Here’s the instructions to jailbreak iPhone 4, 3GS on iOS 4.1 using Limera1n, PLEASE read the important notes at the end of the post:

STEP 1: Download Limera1n for Windows from here.

STEP 2: Connect your iPhone to your PC via USB then launch Limera1n and hit “make it ra1n”
STEP 3: You will have to get your device into DFU mode by following the steps on the screen shown by Limera1n.

* You iPhone will now be placed in recovery mode.

* Press both the power and the home buttons.

* When Limera1n asks you to, release the power button.

* Your phone will now be in DFU mode

STEP 4: Now, Limera1n app should be shown on your iPhone’s home screen. Limera1n will pwn your device forever now.

STEP 5: The jailbreak should be done now. Tap on the limera1n icon on your device and install Cydia.

IMPORTANT:

You have to keep some points in your mind, first, Limera1n will not unlock your device (i.e. you will lose unlock if you upgraded to iOS 4.1 and used limera1n).

Second, Limera1n is not working with old bootrom devices and it doesn’t support iOS 4.2 beta, Geohot is fixing the issues right now. Stay tuned.

Limera1n would mess up GreenPois0n jailbreak release as the teams don’t want to give Apple two exploits. They would better save one of them to 5th-generation devices.

Regards
Techgsmnet

Jailbreak Guide

Comex has pulled it off again with a great jailbreak. The jailbreak, “Jailbreakme.com 2″ is now released and all devices can once again be jail-broken. This one is very easy to use. You don’t even need a guide. Here are the steps:

1) Load safari on your iPhone
2) Type in http://jailbreakme.com
3) Slide to jailbreak
4) Wait and soon you have Cydia.

Just like spirit 1, this is a user-mode jailbreak which requires you to be able to load safari on the device. This means that you need to have an original card or one activation card like one you can buy from DITS here : DITS 3 in 1 Activation card.

Pls visit comex’s site and donate to him to help motivate him to find further jailbreaks in the future. He made a wonderful job and release it for free but you must keep in mind that he worked hard for the solution and he must pay for the server and the traffic that comes with the huge amount of user accessing it.

Those of you having problems where the device sits at the purple screen forever may benefit from clearing your cookies and restarting safari:

1) Put your device into Airplane mode.
2) Go to -> Setting -> safari -> Cookies -> Accept.
3) Double Tap home button.
4) Press and hold an icon to wiggle the task switcher icons and then quit Safari using the X.
5) Clear all Cache and cookies.
6) Open safari and go to jailbreakme.com and try again.

Source of the article can be found here : The Big Boss Blog

Unlock Guide

The iPhone Dev Team has released an update to Ultrasn0w that unlocks the iPhone 4. If you decide you need to unlock your baseband in order to use your iPhone with unsupported carrier, make sure you don’t update your firmware to any future Apple updates (such as 4.1 when its released) since that will terminate the unlock. You can install Ultrasn0w from Cydia (you need to jailbreak in order to have Cydia). Ultrasn0w is in the dev-team repository, which is a default repository in Cydia. Just search Cydia for ultrasn0w, install the package and restart your device. You can now enjoy your device on any supported or unsupported carrier.

If you are reading this guide, it means that you, as me, as well as many others got stuck at some point. iPhone OS 4 is nice and it really have some new and very useful features, but than again, what features are good for if the device is impossible to use? Until Apple will release a reliable firmware 4.xx for iPhone 3G you can downgrade the firmware to one that enables you to sent messages, make phone calls, read mail, write notes.. you know , the things for what you bought your iPhone in the first place.

So what will this guide explain?

- Slow iPhone 3G iOs 4 solution
- Downgrade iPhone 3G from firmware 4 to 3.1.3
- Restore error in iTunes code : 1601, 1602, 1603, 1604, 1608, 1609, 1611, 1612.
- Restore error in iTunes code : 1002, 1011, 1013, 1014, 1015.
- In-out Restore Mode using RecBoot
- Redsn0w is unable to recognize the 3.1.2 or 3.1.3 firmware.
- Cydia error : apt.saurik.com host unreachable.
- Saurik repository : dev-team repository to Cydia (repo666.ultrasn0w.com).
- Accessing iPhone as root solution

First of all, and very important : Save (write down) all your important data like:　contacts, notes, mail, SMS. It is impossible to restore the iOs4 backup to the 3.1.3 firmware. Be warned of the risk of losing your data and act accordingly. Yes, you can restore back iOs4 or 3.1.3 Back and Forth…and Back Again as many times you need, but than again, that will make you loose time.

The problems began for me with this first step. Here are the correct information regarding the downgrade:

Download the required old ipsw firmware files. (Download links: iOS 4, 3.1.3, 3.1.2)
Put your device into DFU mode (not recovery mode).

* Connect your iPhone to your computer.
* Turn iPhone off.
* Start iTunes.
* Hold Power and Home buttons together for 10 seconds or so.
* Release Power button but keep holding the Home button until your computer recognizes a new USB device.
* iTunes will now recognize your iPhone.

Note: Your iPhone screen at this time should be blank (black in color), if not, then you are most likely in Recovery Mode, not DFU mode.

The solution is correct but you might find yourself in the situation where you cannot restore the phone and iTunes will display one of the errors: 1601, 1602, 1603, 1604, 1608, 1609, 1611, 1612. If you got one of this errors the only way is for you to downgrade iTunes to a version that allow you to restore since the last version ( 9.2.14) will make the same error again and again. I had an old version of iTunes 9.0.3 (you can download from Apple ) already installed on another computer and so was able to restore my phone to the 3.1.3 firmware. At the end of restore process iTunes will give one of the following errors : 1002, 1011, 1013, 1014, 1015. Do not worry , at this step the restore process is complete; Just use RedBoot to kick iPhone out of Restore mode (all about RecBot including links and source code can be found here: iPhone-iPod-iPad-recovery-mod-tool-RecBoot ). If something is wrong pls go to the beginning of the guide and start all over.

Now you will need to exit your device from Recovery Mode. To do this, download a program called RecBoot (Windows / Mac). Run it and the click on “Exit Recovery Mode” button. Your device will now restart normally.

This is it, you should now be able to jailbreak your device on this older OS. For iPhone 3.1.2 firmware, you can use blackra1n, PwnageTool, redsn0w, sn0wbreeze, ultrasn0w and blacksn0w to jailbreak and unlock your iPhone and iPod touch. For iPhone 3.1.3 firmware for iPhone 2G, 3G, 3GS and iPod touch 1G/2G, you can use redsn0w 0.9.3, redsn0w 0.9.4, sn0wbreeze, PwnageTool 3.1.5. Unlocking can be done using ultrasn0w or blacksn0w. iPhone 3.1.3 (on devices with new bootrom and baseband) can use Spirit to jailbreak iPhone 3GS/3G and iPod touch 3G/2G.

Wow… we made it… For a big bunch of you Yes, the journey stops here. As for me and other unfortunate people, the journey just begins . But don’t worry, we’ve figured it all out, and we’ll give you instructions for other problems too.

So here we are, we found another problem : Redsn0w is unable to recognize the 3.1.2 or 3.1.3 firmware. Strange since before (3 mount before) it worked… Something happened in the mid-time but cannot figure out what. I tried with redsn0w 0.9.3, redsn0w 0.9.4 on firmware 3.1.2 and 3.1.3 using Windows Xp, Windows Vista and Windows 7 and with different versions of iTunes installed : 9.2.1.4 and 9.0.3.
So I decided to use Spirit to jailbreak my phone. Follow this tutorial on how to use Spirit to jailbreak iPhone3G.

Here comes another problem and this problem occurs especially for the guys who are in China at the moment of this process (like I am now ) : The Cydia version that gets installed by Spirit is an old version and have some errors making it impossible for you to install anything. While trying to upgrade the essential packages I constantly receive this error : apt.saurik.com host unreachable. I tried to unlock my phone using ultrasn0w by manual adding the dev-team repository to Cydia (repo666.ultrasn0w.com to Cydia. That last “o” is actually the number zero “0”. If you use the letter “o” you’ll get an error). Problem is that there are some dependencies that should be download from saurik’s repo… and here we are again.. impossible to unlock or use my iPhone3G.

I found the solution on the modmyi forum and I will explain how to do it.

the final host file should be like this

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1 localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
fe80::1%lo0 localhost
echo ”
93.184.221.133 cache.saurik.com
”

So in order to make this mod you need to access the file located at /etc/host . And in order to do this you need to be able to root-access your device. So there is a new problem and of course we’ve got an answer to it. The package that gives you root access to your iPhone is named afc2add and can be found in saurik repo ( that you can’t access for the present moment) but also on ModMyI.com repo that is available. It does come with one dependency but that will pose no problem ( at least for me it didn’t). Just follow the picture I attached and go in Cydia and enter : Manage than Sources and than navigate trough ModMyI.com repo until you find afc2add package. Install the package.

Now you are able to access your iPhone at a root level, and you can do this using iPhone Explorer or with Total Comander after installing T-Pot plugin. I use Total Commander on regular bases and for this task too.

This was the final step for me and for all the unfortunate Asian friends that struggle with the same problem. Modifying the host file will allow Cydia to update all its sources, upgrade to the latest version and so unlock your iPhone 3.1.3
I have once again an functional and quick iPhone3G.

I hope you enjoyed this journey and I hope this guide was useful for you. If you find this guide useful, please leave a comment.
News4GSM team

The iPhone Dev-Team (Comex) has released JailbreakMe 2.0 (aka Star) which can jailbreak all iOS devices on their latest respective firmware like iOS 4.0 / 4.0.1. This does not work with iOS 4.1 Beta release. Since JailbreakMe 2.0 is a userland jailbreak, what this means is that you run it right in your iOS Safari browser to jailbreak the device. It can’t get simpler than that !

One thing which is important to note here is that this jailbreak tool doesn’t hacktivate your device. You will need an original supported SIM card to activate your phone with iTunes. If you don’t have an original SIM, you can follow the instructions in this video guide posted here to activate your phone without having the original SIM card.

Step 1: Start iTunes and backup everything from Contacts, Calendars, Photos, Videos and Apps.
Step 2: Update your iPhone 4, 3GS or iPhone 3G on the latest iOS 4.0.1 firmware with iTunes. Download links for the firmware and iTunes 9.2.1 can be found below.
Step 3: Once you are done with the update, make sure you are connected to a WiFi network. I haven’t tested it on 3G so I recommend using it on a reliable WiFi network.
Step 4: Open Safari on your iPhone 4, 3GS or 3G and navigate to http://jailbreakme.com.
Step 5: “Slide to Jailbreak” to begin the jailbreak process.
Step 6: Wait till the jailbreak tool download the required files..
Step 7: Once the download is completed, it will automatically start the jailbreak process. Just don’t do anything silly at this point. Wait till the jailbreak process is completed.
Step 8: Once done, you will be greeted with the following message.
Step 9: Close the browser and look for Cydia. You should now have it on your phone!
source

Sn0wbreeze 1.8 has been released. This is by the same developer who is behind other popular iPhone jailbreak tools such as sn0wbreeze 1.6 and 1.7 for iOS 4, sn0wbreeze for iPhone 3.1.3, f0recast and BlackBreeze. Just like the PwnageTool for Mac, Sn0wbreeze 1.8 can jailbreak iPhone 3GS (old bootrom, and already pwned on iOS 4.x), iPod touch 2G (non MC model) and iPod touch 3G on iOS 4.1 Beta. iPhone 3G users will have to jailbreak using Redsn0w.
So if you have a Windows machine, you can use Sn0wbreeze 1.8 to create custom firmware files without the upgraded baseband. Again, only the following devices are supported.

* iPhone 3GS (old bootrom and already jailbroken on iOS 4.x)
* iPod touch 2G (non MC model)
* iPod touch 3G

Warning: If you rely on an unlock, DO NOT update to iOS 4.1.

Step 1: Download and install
the latest version of iTunes.
Step 2: Now start iTunes and sync your iPhone with your PC so that it backs-up all your important data including settings, apps, music, contacts and photos.
Step 3: Download Sn0wbreeze and the original iOS 4.1 firmware file for your version of iPhone or iPod touch. Move all these files to your desktop.
Step 4: Start Sn0wbreeze and select “Simple Mode”.
Step 5: Sn0wbreeze will now ask you to browse for your .ipsw file. Select the correct iOS 4.1 firmware .ipsw file by clicking the “Browse” button. Sn0wbreeze will verify the selected file.
Step 6: Click on “Yes” when Sn0wbreeze asks you “Do you want to activate your iPhone?” for hacktivation. Click on “No” only if you are on an officially supported carrier like AT&T.
Step 7: Sn0wbreeze will now create the custom .ipsw file for your iPhone which will be jailbroken.
Step 8: Now you will have to restore your iPhone to this custom firmware 4.1 that you just cooked using Sn0wbreeze for your iPhone. Click on your phone from the sidebar in iTunes and then press and hold left “Shift” button on the keyboard and then click on “Restore” (Not “Update” or “Check for Update”) button in the iTunes and then release the “Shift” button.

This will make iTunes prompt you to select the location for your custom firmware 4.1. Select that custom .ipsw file and click on “Open”.
Step 9: Now sit back and enjoy as iTunes does the rest for you. This will involve a series of automated steps. Be patient at this stage and don’t do anything silly. Just wait while iTunes installs the new iOS 4.1 on your iPhone. Your iPhone screen at this point will be showing a progress bar indicating installation progress. After the installation is done, iPhone will restart automatically and you should now have a fully jailbroken iPhone running on iOS 4.1.
Step 10: Once you are done with the jailbreak process. You can now restore all your settings, apps, music, contacts and photos to the newly installed iOS 4.1 by restoring the backup that you made in Step 2 from iTunes.
Download .NET Framework 3.5 (required to run Sn0wbreeze)
Download Sn0wbreeze 1.8 (Windows Only)
source

Step 1: Jailbreak your iPhone 3GS using PwnageTool bundles on iPhone firmware 4.0.
Step 2: Once you are done with the jailbreak, you can now unlock your iPhone 3GS running custom iOS 4.0 firmware by using ultrasn0w 0.92.1 from Cydia. To do this:

*Start ‘Cydia’ on your iPhone.
*Touch on ‘Manage’ tab on the bottom.
* Now touch on ‘Sources’

Unlock iOS 4.0
* Touch on ‘Edit’ and then on ‘Add’. You will be prompted to enter a url source as seen in the screenshot below. Type repo666.ultrasn0w.com and touch on ‘Add Source’.

Unlock iOs 4.0 Ultrasn0w (1)
Cydia will now automatically update your sources by following a series of automated steps.
* After installation is completed. Search for ‘ultrasn0w 0.92′ in Cydia and install this application. This app will automatically unlock your iPhone 3GS so that you can use it with any carrier.

Unlock iOs 4.0 Ultrasn0w (2)
Step 3: Now simply restart your iPhone and voila! you should now have a fully unlocked iPhone 3GS, on iOS 4.
source

Redsn0w has been updated to bring jailbreak support for the newly released final version of iOS 4 for iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2G. Available for both Windows and Mac, redsn0w jailbreak tool additionally also enables options for multitasking and background wallpapers on iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2G which otherwise are disabled by Apple.

Redsn0w beta has been updated to hacktivate iOS 4.0 for iPhone3G (in addition to jailbreaking the iPhone3G and iPod Touch 2G).

For now, the redsn0w beta release supports only the iPhone3G and iPod Touch 2G at today’s 4.0. It’s still a beta, so you’ll need to let Cydia reorganize, reload, and update after using redsn0w.

Follow the step by step guide posted below to jailbreak your iPhone and iPod touch using Redsn0w.

Step 1: Download iOS 4 (final version) for your version of iPhone and iPod touch. Download links are posted here.
Step 2: Update to this latest firmware using the iOS file you just downloaded via iTunes 9.2.
Step 3: Start Redsn0w 0.9.5b5-3 (download link given below) and point it to the original iOS 4 firmware file to proceed.

Jailbreak iPhone OS 4
Step 4: Now select “Install Cydia” and click “Next”.

Jailbreak iPhone 4.0
Step 5: Now make sure your device is both OFF and PLUGGED IN to the computer before you click “Next”.
Step 6: Connect your device in recovery mode by pressing the Power and buttons continuously.

Jailbreak iPhone 4.0 Beta
At this stage you will be presented with a screen where you will have to quickly hold “Power” button and then while holding the “Power” button, you will now have to hold “Home” button too. Now after few seconds release “Power” button but keep holding “Home” button until installation begins.

Step 7: Sit back and enjoy while redsn0w will do all the rest for you. Once done, your iPhone and/or iPod touch will restart automatically and you will find it jailbroken on the latest iOS 4 firmware.

If you notice a blank white icon for Cydia with no sources. Go to the Sources panel and add http://apt.saurik.com/cydia-3.7 repo. Now restart your phone and you should see the regular standard Cydia logo with all the sources now.

Download redsn0w 0.9.5b5-3 for Mac
Download redsn0w 0.9.5b5-3 for Windows
source

The official release of PwnageTool 4.0 for creating custom ipsw files for iOS 4.0 is now released! The infamous iPhone Dev-Team has updated their PwnageTool for Mac to make it compatible with the newly released iOS 4 for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2G (non-MC model only). The custom .ipsw firmware files created with PwnageTool can update iPhone to iOS 4 without updating its baseband. iPod touch 2G MC model and iPod touch 3G is currently not supported.
Some important notes from Dev-Team’s blog. MUST READ:
iPhone 3GS
Summary: Currently, PwnageTool only works on previously jailbroken 3GS devices with the old bootrom.
* If you have a Jailbroken iPhone 3GS with the OLD BOOTROM and you DID NOT use Spirit to jailbreak then you can create the ipsw with PwnageTool 4.0 and restore with your jailbroken recovery mode.
* If you have an iPhone 3GS with the NEW BOOTROM this is NOT supported by PwnageTool 4.0

iPhone 3G
* If you have a Jailbroken iPhone 3G at 3.1.2 (but not jailbroken with Spirit) then you should create the ipsw with PwnageTool 4.0 and restore from recovery mode or DFU mode.
* If you have an out of the box iPhone 3G you should restore using a PwnageTool 4.0 ipsw using DFU mode.
* If you have a Jailbroken 3.1.3 iPhone 3G it is very possible that this can fail from recovery mode, if this failure happens you will need to restore using DFU mode.
* As an alternative to PwnageTool, you can use redsn0w on iPhone 3G (on both Windows and Mac) as mentioned in our last post.

IMPORTANT! Whenever you need to enter DFU mode, you will need to do so using PwnageTool.

iPod touch 2G
* If you have an iPod touch 2G (non-MC model) that is jailbroken (but not with Spirit) then you can restore using recovery mode.
* As an alternative to PwnageTool, you can use redsn0w on non-MC iPod Touch 2G (on both Windows and Mac) as mentioned in our last post.

The following step-by-step instructions will help you jailbreak your iPhone running on iOS 4 with PwnageTool 4.0.
Step 1: Download and install the latest version of iTunes.
Step 2: Now start iTunes and sync your iPhone with your PC so that it backs-up all your important data including settings, apps, music, contacts and photos.
Step 3: Download PwnageTool 4.0 and the original iOS 4.0 for your version of iPhone or iPod touch. Move all these files to your desktop.
Step 4: Start PwnageTool 4.0 and select your device.
Step 5: PwnageTool 4.0 will now automatically detect the correct firmware for your device.
Step 6: Click on “No” when PwnageTool asks you “Do you have an iPhone contract that would activate normally through iTunes?
Clicking on Yes will update your baseband to the latest version. Click on Yes only if you are on an officially supported carrier like AT&T.
Step 7: PwnageTool will now create the custom .ipsw file for your iPhone which will be jailbroken.
The following “ihaz Success” screen will confirm that the requested .ipsw file has been created successfully.

PwnageTool 3.1.5 Jailbreak
Step 8: Once the .ipsw file has been created, you will now have to restore your iPhone to this custom firmware 4.0 that you just cooked using PwnageTool 4.0 for your iPhone or iPod touch. Click on your phone icon from the sidebar in iTunes. Now press and hold left “alt” button (“Shift” button on Windows) on the keyboard and then click on “Restore” (Not “Update” or “Check for Update”) button in the iTunes and then release the “Shift” button.

This will make iTunes prompt you to select the location for your downloaded custom firmware 4.0. Select that custom .ipsw file and click on “Open”.

Step 9: Now sit back and enjoy as iTunes does the rest for you. This will involve a series of automated steps. Be patient at this stage and don’t do anything silly. Just wait while iTunes installs the new firmware 4.0 on your iPhone. Your iPhone screen at this point will be showing a progress bar indicating installation progress. After the installation is done, iPhone will restart automatically and you should now have a fully jailbroken iPhone running on iOS 4.

Step 10: Once you are done with the unlocking and jailbreak process. You can now restore all your settings, apps, music, contacts and photos to the newly installed firmware version 4.0 by restoring the backup that you made in Step 2 from iTunes.

Disclaimer: This guide is for testing & educational purposes only. Follow it on your own risk. we are not responsible for any loss of important data or malfunctioning of your iPhone.

Download iTunes 9.2 for Windows and Mac OS X
Download iOS 4 for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G and iPod touch
Download PwnageTool 4.0 for Mac OS X
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Sn0wbreeze 3.1.3 V1.5.1 has been released. This minor update brings Youtube fix which was hampering users in the last release. Also added in this version is more speed and reliability. Unfortunately, Blacksn0w unlock for iPhone 3GS is still crippled in this version. If you have iPhone 2G, 3G or iPhone touch 1G/2G, you can use sn0wbreeze to jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1.3.

Instructions for jailbreaking using sn0wbreeze V1.5 are exactly similar to the last release. Follow the complete step by step guide posted here to jailbreak your iPhone and iPod touch using sn0wbreeze 3.1.3 V1.5. Once you are done with jailbreak, you can then unlock your iPhone using ultrasn0w.

You can also use Dev-Team’s PwnageTool 3.1.5 which can jailbreak iPhone 2G, 3G, 3GS (older bootrom and with baseband 04.26.08) and iPod touch 1G/2G on 3.1.3 firmware.

Download .NET Framework 3.5 (required to run Sn0wbreeze)
Download Sn0wbreeze for Windows
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Sn0wbreeze 3.1.3 V1.5 has been released which adds support for iPod touch 2G (older non-MC model).
Follow the complete step by step guide posted here to jailbreak your iPhone and iPod touch using sn0wbreeze 3.1.3 V1.5. Once you are done with jailbreak, you can then unlock your iPhone 3G and 3GS using ultrasn0w or blacksn0w.

I would strongly suggest iPhone 3GS users to stay away from this release as this release like all previous versions sends iPhone 3GS into an infinite loop after first reboot. If you have a Mac, I will strongly suggest you to use Dev-Team’s PwnageTool 3.1.5 which can jailbreak iPhone 2G, 3G, 3GS (older bootrom and with baseband 04.26.08).

Download .NET Framework 3.5 (required to run Sn0wbreeze)
Download Sn0wbreeze for Windows
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PwnageTool 3.1.5 for creating iPhone 3.1.3 custom ipsw files has been released.
The iPhone Dev-Team has updated their PwnageTool for Mac to make it compatible with the new iPhone 3.1.3 firmware.
This latest version of PwnageTool can jailbreak the original iPhone (Edge/2G), iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS(older bootrom only with baseband 04.26.08) and iPod touch (1G and 2G non-MC model; 2G should also be pre-jailbroken) running on iPhone firmware 3.1.3.
The custom .ipsw firmware files created with PwnageTool can update iPhone to firmware 3.1.3 without updating its baseband so that it can be unlocked to run on any carrier SIM. If you previously relied on blacksn0w unlock for iPhone 3GS, then this is NOT for you. iPod touch 3G is also currently not supported.

Note: PwnageTool 3.1.5 is for Mac OS X only.

The following step-by-step instructions will help you jailbreak your iPhone running on iPhone firmware 3.1.3 with PwnageTool 3.1.5:

Step 1: Download and install the latest version of iTunes.

Step 2: Now start iTunes and sync your iPhone with your PC so that it backs-up all your important data including settings, apps, music, contacts and photos.

Step 3: Download PwnageTool 3.1.5 and the original iPhone OS 3.1.3 for your version of iPhone (download links given below). Move all these files to your desktop.

Step 4: Start PwnageTool 3.1.5 and select your device.

Step 5: PwnageTool 3.1.5 will now automatically detect the correct firmware for your device.

Step 6: Click on “No” when PwnageTool asks you “Do you have an iPhone contract that would activate normally through iTunes?”:
Clicking on “Yes” will update your baseband to the latest version which will make your device almost impossible to unlock. Click on “Yes” only if you are on an officially supported carrier like AT&T.

Step 7: PwnageTool will now create the custom .ipsw file for your iPhone which will be jailbroken.
The following “ihaz Success” screen will confirm that the requested .ipsw file has been created successfully.

Step 8: Once the .ipsw file has been created, you will now have to restore your iPhone to this custom firmware 3.1.3 that you just cooked using PwnageTool 3.1.5 for your iPhone. Click on your phone icon from the sidebar in iTunes. Now press and hold left “alt” button (“Shift” button on Windows) on the keyboard and then click on “Restore” (Not “Update” or “Check for Update”) button in the iTunes and then release the “Shift” button.

This will make iTunes prompt you to select the location for your downloaded custom firmware 3.1.3. Select that custom .ipsw file and click on “Open”.

Step 9: Now sit back and enjoy as iTunes does the rest for you. This will involve a series of automated steps. Be patient at this stage and don’t do anything silly. Just wait while iTunes installs the new firmware 3.1.3 on your iPhone. Your iPhone screen at this point will be showing a progress bar indicating installation progress. After the installation is done, iPhone will restart automatically and you should now have a fully jailbroken iPhone/iPod touch running on firmware 3.1.3.

Step 10: Once you are done with the unlocking and jailbreak process. You can now restore all your settings, apps, music, contacts and photos to the newly installed firmware version 3.1.3 by restoring the backup that you made in Step 2 from iTunes.
Download PwnageTool 3.1.5 for Mac OS X
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Sn0wbreeze 3.1.3 is now available for download which can jailbreak iPhone 2G, 3G and iPhone 3GS (old bootrom only) on iPhone OS 3.1.3.
Ultrasn0w unlock is for iPhones with baseband 04.26.08 baseband. If you are on 05.11.07 baseband, then you may use Geohot’s blacksn0w unlock which was released last year with blackra1n.

Step 1: Follow the guide posted here to jailbreak your iPhone 3G or 3GS using Sn0wbreeze 3.1.3 on iPhone firmware 3.1.3.

How to: Unlock iPhone 3G/3G (old bootrom) on 3.1.3:
Step 2: Once you are done with the jailbreak, you can now unlock your iPhone running jailbroken firmware 3.1.3 by using blacksn0w from Cydia. To do this:
*Start “Cydia” on your iPhone.
*Touch on “Manage” tab on the bottom.
*Now touch on “Sources”.

Touch on “Edit” and then on “Add”. You will be prompted to enter a url source.Type “http://blackra1n.com” and touch on “Add Source”. Cydia will now automatically update your sources by following a series of automated steps.
* After installation is completed search for “blacksn0w” in Cydia and install this application. This app will automatically unlock your iPhone so that you can use it with any carrier.

Step 3: Now simply restart your iPhone. Voila! You are now running a fully unlocked and jailbroken iPhone on firmware 3.1.3 on your iPhone 3G or 3GS.
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Sn0wbreeze 3.1.3 for Windows brings jailbreak for iPhone 2G, 3G and iPhone 3GS (older bootroms only) which can preserve your older baseband while upgrading you to the latest iPhone OS 3.1.3 firmware.
This means that you can now unlock your iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS using the current version of ultrasn0w (for 04.26.08 baseband) or blacksn0w (for 05.11.07 baseband) as they both are compatible to work with the respective older baseband versions.

Step 1: First follow the complete step by step guide posted here to jailbreak iPhone 3GS or iPhone 3G on iPhone OS 3.1.3 firmware.

Step 2: Once your iPhone is jailbroken, start “Cydia” on your iPhone and touch on “Manage” tab on the bottom. Now touch on “Sources”
Note: T-Mobile users should disable 3G before installing ultrasn0w.

Step 3: Touch on “Edit” and then on “Add”. You will be prompted to enter a url source as seen in the screenshot below. Type “http://repo666.ultrasn0w.com” and touch on “Add Source”.
Cydia will now automatically update your sources by following a series of automated steps.

Step 4: Once the repository has been added successfully, Search for “ultrasn0w” in Cydia and install this application. The latest version 0.92 of this app will automatically unlock your iPhone so that you can use it with any carrier with proper carrier name/logo.

Step 5: Now simply restart your iPhone. You should now have a fully unlocked iPhone 3G/3GS on firmware 3.1.3.
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Sn0wbreeze 3.1.3 has been released which can jailbreak iPhone 2G, 3G and iPhone 3GS on the latest iPhone 3.1.3 firmware.
It will work with iPhone 3GS only if it has the older bootrom (non-MC model). iPhone 3GS users who have upgraded to the stock 3.1.3 are still out of luck.
Follow the simple step by step guide below to jailbreak your iPhone 2G, 3G and iPhone 3GS (old bootrom only) on iPhone firmware 3.1.3 using Sn0wbreeze.
This version of Sn0wbreeze is for iPhones only. iPod touch 1G/2G (older non-MC models) can use redsn0w to jailbreak on 3.1.3 firmware. iPod touch 3G is currently not supported.

Step 1: Download and install the latest version of iTunes.

Step 2: Now start iTunes and sync your iPhone with your PC so that it backs-up all your important data including settings, apps, music, contacts and photos.

Step 3: Download Sn0wbreeze and the original iPhone OS 3.1.3 for your version of iPhone (download links given below). Move all these files to your desktop.

Step 4: Start Sn0wbreeze and select “Simple Mode”.

Step 5: Sn0wbreeze will now ask you to browse for your .ipsw file. Select the correct 3.1.3 firmware .ipsw file by clicking the “Browse” button. Sn0wbreeze will verify the selected file.

Step 6: Click on “Yes” when Sn0wbreeze asks you “Do you want to activate your iPhone?” for hacktivation. Click on “No” only if you are on an officially supported carrier like AT&T.

Step 7: Sn0wbreeze will now create the custom .ipsw file for your iPhone which will be jailbroken.

Step 8: Now you will have to restore your iPhone to this custom firmware 3.1.3 that you just cooked using Sn0wbreeze for your iPhone. Click on your phone from the sidebar in iTunes and then press and hold left “Shift” button on the keyboard and then click on “Restore” (Not “Update” or “Check for Update”) button in the iTunes and then release the “Shift” button.

This will make iTunes prompt you to select the location for your downloaded custom firmware 3.1.2. Select that custom .ipsw file and click on “Open”.

Step 9: Now sit back and enjoy as iTunes does the rest for you. This will involve a series of automated steps. Be patient at this stage and don’t do anything silly. Just wait while iTunes installs the new firmware 3.1.2 on your iPhone. Your iPhone screen at this point will be showing a progress bar indicating installation progress. After the installation is done, iPhone will restart automatically and you should now have a fully jailbroken iPhone running on firmware 3.1.2.

Step 10: Once you are done with the unlocking and jailbreak process. You can now restore all your settings, apps, music, contacts and photos to the newly installed firmware version 3.1.3 by restoring the backup that you made in Step 2 from iTunes.

Note for iPhone 3G and 3GS Users (New Bootroms): We strongly suggest that you stay away from this official upgrade until and unless the DevTeam or George Hotz releases new jailbreaking and unlocking tools for 3.1.3 firmware. We will let you know when it will happen. In the meantime you can follow our complete jailbreaking and unlocking guide for iPhone 3.1.2 firmware using blackra1n, PwnageTool, redsn0w, sn0wbreeze, ultrasn0w and blacksn0w.

Download .NET Framework 3.5 (required to run Sn0wbreeze)
Download sn0wbreeze 3.1.3 for Windows
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The iPhone Dev-Team has just released redsn0w 0.9.4 to jailbreak and unlock iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G (No unlock for 3G), iPod touch 1G and iPod touch 2G (older Non-MC models only).

Do not update to iPhone 3.1.3 firmware yet if you want to preserve your unlock for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, iPod touch 2G (new models) and iPod touch 3G. This is because the new iPhone 3.1.3 firmware updates baseband to 05.12.01 on iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G which makes it impossible to jailbreak and unlock iPhone 3GS and 3G.

Follow the simply step by step instructions below to jailbreak and unlock iPhone 2G, jailbreak iPod 1G/2G (older models only) on 3.1.3 firmware. You can also jailbreak iPhone 3G with redsn0w 0.9.4 but doing so will make you loose your unlock.

NOTE: The instructions posted here almost similar to the one we posted earlier with redsn0w 0.9.3 for iPhone 2G and iPod touch 1G/2G. The only difference here is that we are using the latest redsn0w 0.9.4 from Dev-Team which is specially released for this firmware update.

Step 1: Update to original iPhone 3.1.3 firmware via iTunes. Downloading and installation instructions for iPhone 3.1.3 firmware.

Step 2: Start redsn0w 0.9.4 and point it to the respective original iPhone 3.1.2 firmware to proceed. Yes you need to point it to iPhone 3.1.2 instead of 3.1.3 because redsn0w 0.9.4 is still unable to validate the latest firmware.

Step 3: Now select both “Install Cydia” and “Already pwned” options.

Step 4: Now make sure your device is both OFF and PLUGGED IN to the computer before you click “Next”.

Step 5: Connect your device in recovery mode by pressing the Power and buttons continuously.
At this stage you will be presented with a screen where you will have to quickly hold “Power” button and then while holding the “Power” button, you will now have to hold “Home” button too. Now after few seconds release “Power” button but keep holding “Home” button until installation begins.

Step 6: Sit back and enjoy while redsn0w will do all the rest for you. Once done, your iPhone 2G will restart automatically and you will find it jailbroken with iPhone firmware version 3.1.3.

Unlock for iPhone 2G Only
Step 7: Once you are done with the jailbreak, you can now unlock your iPhone 2G running jailbroken firmware 3.1.3 by using BootNeuter app from Cydia.

Note for iPhone 3G and 3GS Users: We strongly suggest that you stay away from this official upgrade until and unless the DevTeam or George Hotz releases new jailbreaking and unlocking tools for 3.1.3 firmware. We will let you know when it will happen. In the meantime you can follow our complete jailbreaking and unlocking guide for iPhone 3.1.2 firmware using blackra1n, PwnageTool, redsn0w, sn0wbreeze, ultrasn0w and blacksn0w.

Sn0wbreeze like blackra1n, redsn0w and PwnageTool is yet another jailbreaking tool for iPhone and iPod touch which can be used to create custom .ipsw files. But unlike the PwnageTool, Sn0wbreeze is fully compatible to work with Windows 7/Vista and XP machines. If for some reason the earlier mentioned tools didn’t work for you, you can give Sn0wbreeze a try and see if it helps in jailbreaking your iPhone with a custom .ipsw file.
Note: Sn0wbreeze is a beta release and it may have some issues. blackra1n and PwnageTool are still the recommended tools for jailbreaking iPhone and iPod touch.
The current version of Sn0wbreeze supports iPhone 2G/3G/3GS(non MC) and iPod touch 1G and 2G (non MC). Follow the step by step guide posted below to jailbreak your iPhone and iPod touch with Sn0wbreeze.
Step 1: Download and install the latest version of iTunes.
Step 2: Now start iTunes and sync your iPhone with your PC so that it backs-up all your important data including settings, apps, music, contacts and photos.
Step 3: Download Sn0wbreeze and the original iPhone OS 3.1.2 for your version of iPhone http://ih8sn0w.com/index.php/welcome.snow. Move all these files to your desktop.
Step 4: Start Sn0wbreeze and select “Simple Mode”. Dont select “Expert Mode” as it is still a work in progress and may not work properly.
Step 5: Sn0wbreeze will now ask you to browse for your .ipsw file. Select the correct 3.1.2 firmware .ipsw file for iDevice by clicking the “Browse” button. Sn0wbreeze will verify the selected file.
Step 6: Click on “Yes” when Sn0wbreeze asks you “Do you want to activate your iPhone?” for hacktivation. Click on “No” only if you are on an officially supported carrier like AT&T.
Step 7: Sn0wbreeze will now create the custom .ipsw file for your iPhone which will be jailbroken.
Step 8: Now you will have to restore your iPhone to this custom firmware 3.1.2 that you just cooked using Sn0wbreeze for your iPhone. Click on your phone from the sidebar in iTunes and then press and hold left “Shift” button on the keyboard and then click on “Restore” (Not “Update” or “Check for Update”) button in the iTunes and then release the “Shift” button.
This will make iTunes prompt you to select the location for your downloaded custom firmware 3.1.2. Select that custom .ipsw file and click on “Open”.
Step 9: Now sit back and enjoy as iTunes does the rest for you. This will involve a series of automated steps. Be patient at this stage and don’t do anything silly. Just wait while iTunes installs the new firmware 3.1.2 on your iPhone. Your iPhone screen at this point will be showing a progress bar indicating installation progress. After the installation is done, iPhone will restart automatically and you should now have a fully jailbroken iPhone running on firmware 3.1.2.

Now you can unlock your iPhone on 3.1.2 using ultrasn0w, or (05.11.07 baseband) with blacksn0w .

Step 10: Once you are done with the unlocking and jailbreak process. You can now restore all your settings, apps, music, contacts and photos to the newly installed firmware version 3.1.2 by restoring the backup that you made in Step 2 from iTunes.
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One thing which is missing big-time from the iPhone is the ability to copy/save contacts to and from the SIM card. But again as they say: “on the iPhone, there is an app for just about anything”. And so finally, there is one to take care of this problem as well for the jailbroken iPhones. In the latest version of Giovanni Chiappini’s SIManager, there is now an option with which we can copy all contacts from iPhone to the SIM card and vice versa.
Maximum number of contacts that you can save in SIM is fixed, and the count appears at the top, next to the name of the application. Contacts that are imported into the iPhone, can be modified right from your iPhone with all the options from the native Contacts app. Likewise, you can also delete all the contacts from the SIM card by simply tapping a button. These changes are visible in SIManager in different colors codes.

* Black color indicates contact imported from the SIM.
* Red color indicates contact has been eliminated.
* Dark Red color indicates contact was changed.

SIManager is still in Beta so expect it to have a few bugs here and there. You can go ahead and try this app by adding this repo in Cydia http://test.beyouriphone.com. You’ll need to have a jailbroken iPhone to get this to work.
To be on the safe side, make sure you backup your contacts manually before trying the app. Simply SSH into your device and navigate to /private/var/mobile/Library and then backup “AddressBook”. Alternatively, you can also backup your contacts by syncing your iPhone with iTunes.
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The following tutorial will enable you to move your downloaded Youtube videos on your iPhone to the camera roll app. This will give you complete video editing capabilities of iPhone 3GS with which you can trim and share your downloaded videos on your iPhone, and then sync them with your PC or Mac.
Step 1: You will first need to jailbreak your iPhone or iPod touch to get this to work.
Step 2: There are tons of apps available on the iPhone for downloading Youtube videos.
Step 3: You will now have to install SBSettings and Video Mover app from Cydia. SBSettings can be found in BigBoss repo, while Video Mover app can be found in http://apt.macosmovil.com repository.
Step 4: Now simply start SBSettings by swiping on the status bar on the top and enable “Video Mover”.
Enjoy!

Let your iPhone snow this Holidays. If you are on a jailbroken iPhone, go to Cydia and install this cool Let It Snow widget. Basically this hack will make it snow behind your iPhone icons. But you need Winterboard for this hack to work. It might also slow down your iPhone a bit.
How-to Install:
Step 1: You will need to have a jailbroken iPhone or iPod touch to install this theme.
Step 2: Let It Snow Widget theme is available on http://cy.sosiphone.com/ repository and needs Winterboard app from Cydia to activate. Make sure you have installed Winterboard and have added http://cy.sosiphone.com/ repo in Cydia.
Step 3: Once you are done with all the steps above, simply activate the Let It Snow Widget theme from Winterboard to make it fall snowflakes all over your iPhone home screen.

How to figure out which worm (if any) has infected your iPhone, and how to get rid of it while making sure it never comes back.
Ikee
Ikee was the first virus to target the iPhone. The symptoms are pretty clear: it changes your wallpaper to a picture of Rick Astley. So if you see a picture of a young man with the words “ikee is never gonna give you up”, then look no further, you have been infected by the Ikee worm.

Thankfully, getting rid of Ikee is pretty simple. First you will have to download and install MobileTerminal from Cydia and reboot your iPhone. Then launch MobileTerminal and login with your username and password under your root account. If you haven’t changed it yet (and you should), your username is “root” and your password is “alpine”.

Now follow these commands. Everything is case sensitive so be very careful.

rm /bin/poc-bbot
rm /bin/sshpass
rm /var/log/youcanbeclosertogod.jpg
rm /var/mobile/LockBackground.jpg
rm /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.ikey.bbot.plist
rm /var/lock/bbot.lock

These commands sometimes don’t work. That means you are infected by an alternate version of Ikee. If that’s the case, follow these commands instead:

rm /usr/libexec/cydia/startup
rm /usr/libexec/cydia/startup.so
rm /usr/libexec/cydia/startup-helper
rm /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.saurik.Cydia.Startup.plist

Note that if you have to remove the 4 files above, you will have to reinstall Cydia.
iPhone/Privacy.A
The iPhone/Privacy.A is harder to detect because it doesn’t leave any track on your iPhone. Instead, it can be installed on any computer (even Mac OS X) and it will scan all available networks in search of a vulnerable iPhone to infect.

In order to get rid of iPhone/Privacy.A, simply update and run your antivirus. It should have no problem detecting and deleting it.
Unnamed Worm
The last worm hasn’t been named yet. You can easily figure out if you’ve been infected if your battery is running down abnormally quickly. The reason to this battery drain is that the worm is constantly running in the background in search of other iPhones to spread to over wifi. This one is pretty tricky too as it will change your default SSH password to prevent you from deleting it.

Unfortunately there is no easy fix for this unnamed worm. The only solution at the time is to restore your iPhone and set it up as a new phone (do not restore from backup).
How to Make Sure You Don’t get Infected Again
The best way to make sure you don’t get infected in the first place (or don’t get infected again) is to change your iPhone root password.
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Those of you who have jailbroken your iPhone with blackra1n and then later unlocked it with blacksn0w might have faced issues with Youtube not working, WiFi not connecting to any hotspot and other issues related to GPS.
Some of you got it fixed using Push Fix app from Cydia. This app, was removed shortly. The good news is that the app has now been repackaged and rebranded as “Push Fix & youtube” and is now available for download via Cydia. “Push Fix & youtube” is guaranteed to fix all the issues that you may be having with the Youtube app not working after blackra1n jailbreak.
Step 1: Start “Cydia” on your iPhone. Touch on “Manage” tab on the bottom and then on “Sources”
Step 2: Touch on “Edit” and then on “Add”. You will be prompted to enter a url source as seen in the screenshot below. Type “http://cydia.iphoneil.net” and touch on “Add Source”.
Cydia will now automatically update your sources by following a series of automated steps.
Step 3: Once the repository has been added successfully, search for “Push Fix & Youtube” in Cydia and install this application. This app will automatically fix Push Notification System and Youtube app issues on your unlocked and jailbroken iPhone.
Step 4: Restart you iPhone. Now go to Settings and enable WiFi again.
Step 5: Reboot you iPhone again. You should now be able to connect to Youtube again without any problems!
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The iPhone Dev-Team has finally released a proper working patch which fixes carrier name or logo on unlocked iPhone 3.1.2 firmware. If you jailbreaked your iPhone with PwnageTool 3.1.4 and then later unlocked it with ultrasn0w, then you must have noticed that the carrier name or logo on the top left side of the status bar was missing. This was caused due to a known bug in ultrasn0w and was purely cosmetic, which means that your phone continued to work even without the carrier logo in place. But today, Dev-Team has released ultrasn0w 0.92 which fixes this issue. Follow the steps below to upgrade your phone to the latest version of ultrasn0w.
Note: ultrasn0w 0.92 can unlock iPhone 3G and 3GS only with Modem Firmware (Baseband) version 04.26.08, unlike blackra1n with blacksn0w which can unlock the latest Modem Firmware (Baseband) 05.11.07. If your iPhone 3G/3GS is on 05.11.07 baseband, then you may like to check our blacksn0w unlocking guide posted hereor here.
Step 1: Start “Cydia” on your iPhone and touch on “Manage” tab on the bottom. Now touch on “Sources”
Note: T-Mobile users should disable 3G before installing ultrasn0w.
Step 2: Touch on “Edit” and then on “Add”. You will be prompted to enter a url source. Type “http://musclenerd.com” and touch on “Add Source”.
Cydia will now automatically update your sources by following a series of automated steps.
Step 3: Once the repository has been added successfully, Search for “ultrasn0w” in Cydia and install this application. The latest version 0.92 of this app will automatically unlock your iPhone so that you can use it with any carrier with proper carrier name/logo.
Those of you who already have the older version of ultrasn0w installed should simply touch on “Modify” button on the top right, followed by “Upgrade” button.
Step 4: Now simply restart your iPhone. Voila! You should now have a fully unlocked iPhone on firmware 3.1.2 with proper name or logo for your carrier!
ultrasn0w 0.92 will be later moved to http://repo666.ultrasn0w.com repository. Search for it on repo666 if you cant find it in musclenerd’s repo.
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Those good, old days when creating an iPhone ringtone was as easy as renaming a song in your iTunes library to a “.m4r” extension and then syncing it back with your iPhone will never come back with the release of iTunes 8 – which brought with it Genius Playlists.

Keep in mind that iTunes will allow you to create a ringtone from a song downloaded through the iTunes Music Store, but those ringtones come with fees. No one likes fees. Follow this guide, creating iPhone ringtones for free with iTunes comes back again.

Note:
* This process works with MP3, ACC, and AIFF files.
* Only DRM-free songs can be used with this ringtone creation process.
* Any song downloaded from iTunes Music Store will have DRM (Digital Rights Management), so don’t use those songs.
* Any song ripped from a CD or downloaded from DRM-free sources (P2P, Amazon, your friend) will work just fine.
To create simple, free iPhone ringtones from your iTunes library, the following step-by-step guide will help you out:
Step 1. Launch iTunes.
Step 2. Find the song you’d like to turn in to a ringtone.
Step 3. Right click on the song and select “Get Info“.
Step 4. Hit the “Options” tab and check both the “Start Time” and “End Time” boxes.
Step 5. Specify what time interval you’d like to use as your ringtone clip , then click “OK“(Make sure your ringtone is 30 seconds or less!!).
Step 6. Click on “Advanced” in your menu bar and select “Create AAC Version” or “Create Apple Lossless Version” (Make sure your iTunes “Import Settings” are set to “AAC” or “Apple Lossless” and not “MP3″).
Step 7. A duplicate copy of your song will appear in iTunes – this new song will have the same filename but shorter “Time“. Go back to the original song and uncheck those “Start Time” and “End Time” boxes.
Step 8. Drag the duplicate song to your Desktop, once the duplicate song is copied to your Desktop, delete the duplicate file in iTunes.
Step 9. On your Desktop, rename the file with the “.m4r” file extension – Use the new extension, this turns your song file into an iPhone ringtone file.
Your “songname.m4a” file should now be named “songname.m4r“.
Step 10. Drag the newly renamed .m4r (songname.m4r) file back into iTunes.
Step 11. Drag the file over the “Library” column and release when “Library” becomes highlighted. (You have to delete the duplicate song file otherwise iTunes won’t import your new .m4r file ).
Step 12. You should see your new ringtone under “Ringtones” in iTunes.
Step 13. Sync your iPhone to get jiggy with your new free iPhone ringtones!
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Gigabyte Technology issued a BIOS update on Friday that fixes a problem for some Windows 7 users who have been unable to sync their iPhones.

Earlier this week, Intel, Microsoft and Apple said they were investigating the issue, which people are complaining about on an Apple forum. The problem seems to be mainly affecting Windows 7 64-bit users with Intel P55 chipsets, and it prevents them from synching their iPhones with their computers.

On Friday, a few people posted on the forum that they’d downloaded the new BIOS from Gigabyte, a motherboard maker, and it solved the problem. In the description of the update, Gigabyte calls it a Beta BIOS and says that it fixes the iPhone sync issue, among other enhancements.

The BIOS update will help people who have the Gigabyte motherboard in their systems, but it won’t help other people who have the problem, such as those with an Asus motherboard.

Earlier this week, Microsoft also said it was looking into the problem and recommended that people visit its help page for updates. It does not appear to have posted any information there and did not immediately reply to a request for comment about the Gigabyte update.

Though an Apple employee asked people on the forum to send details of the issue, it does not appear to have posted further information about the fix yet.

Intel said it could not comment on the Gigabyte BIOS update.
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The following guide will help you jailbreak and unlock iPhone 2G (aka EDGE) on 3.1.2 firmware with 05.11.07 baseband. We will use blackra1n RC3 to jailbreak iPhone 2G on 3.1.2 firmware and then later unlock it for any carrier using BootNeuter. blacksn0w unlock is for iPhone 3G and 3GS only and so we will have to use BootNeuter which can unlock iPhone 2G on 3.1.2 firmware with 05.11.07 baseband.

Step 1: Download the latest version of iTunes if you haven’t already. Download link is given below.

Step 2: Update/restore to the original (stock) iPhone firmware 3.1.2 on your iPhone 2G by using the latest version of iTunes.

Step 3: You will now have to jailbreak your iPhone running on iPhone 3.1.2 firmware with blackra1n RC3:
– Download blackra1n RC3 for Windows or Mac: http://www.blackra1n.com/
– Start blackra1n app. If you are running it on Windows 7 or Vista, run the app with “Windows XP Compatibility” mode by enabling it from the “Properties” tab to avoid any errors during the jailbreak process.
– Click on “make it ra1n”
– Let the app do its thing and wait for the phone to automatically reboot.
– You should now have “blackra1n” in the list of applications on your iPhone. Run “blackra1n” app and select the packages you want to install like “Cydia”. This will jailbreak your iPhone or iPod touch on iPhone 3.1.2 firmware.
– Finally reboot your iPhone
Step 4: Once you are done with the jailbreak, you can now unlock your iPhone running jailbroken firmware 3.1.2 by using BootNeuter app. Go to Cydia and search for “BootNeuter” app and install this app. Make sure that you have “BigBoss & Planet-iPhones” repository added in Cydia before you make your search for this app.

Step 5: Now simply restart your iPhone. When BootNeuter starts, set the settings in order to make sure that phone is unlocked on 3.1.2 firmware.
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With the release of BlackSn0w, it is now possible to tether your iPhone running OS 3.1.2.

For those of you who don’t know what tethering is, it basically allows you to use your iPhone as a modem in order to share the internet connection with a computer.
Step 1: Unlock your iPhone using BlackSn0w.
Step 2: From your iPhone, navigate to http://m.peacefulinsanity.com/Tether.mobileconfig and hit the install button and confirm. This will install the custom IPCC file.
Step 3: Reboot your iPhone.
Step 4: Go to Settings > General > Network > Internet Tethering and turn it on.
You should now be able to tether your iPhone, either via bluetooth or USB.
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Blackra1n RC3 with blacksn0w unlocks iPhone 3G and 3GS running on iPhone 3.1.2 firmware with 05.11.07 baseband. But like most other tools, it comes with its share of problems as well. There are problems with WiFi, Youtube and GPS not working when jailbreaking iPhone 3G/3GS with blackra1n RC3, and unlocking with blacksn0w on iPhone 3.1.2 firmware.
Fix1 Reset Network Settings
This fix comes right from geohot himself. Those of you who are having issues with WiFi failing to connect to a nearby hotspot or network should reset your network settings by following three simple steps.
Step 1: On your iPhone 3G and 3GS, navigate to Settings –> General –> Reset –> Reset Network Settings.
Step 2: A dialog will prompt you with “Reset Network Settings” button.
Step 3: Hit this button and turn off your iPhone by holding down power button on the top and then slide to turn off your phone. Now turn on your iPhone by holding down the power button on the top again until you see the Apple logo.
Resetting your network setting will fix your WiFi problem temporarily. The problem will come back once you have rebooted your iPhone again. You will have to reset your network settings pretty much every time you reboot your iPhone.

Fix 2 Install Push Fix App
Push Fix app from Cydia is used to fix Push Notifications on hacktivated iPhone 3.1.x firmware. Installing this app also fixes all issues caused by blacksn0w related to WiFi, Youtube app and GPS along with Push Notifications on hacktivated iPhone’s. Follow the steps below to install Push Fix app:
Step 1: First reset your network settings as mentioned in Fix 1 above to bring back WiFi temporarily. We need WiFi to install Push Fix app from Cydia.
Step 2: Now start “Cydia” on your iPhone. Touch on “Manage” tab on the bottom and then on “Sources”
Step 3: Touch on “Edit” and then on “Add”. You will be prompted to enter a url source as seen in the screenshot below. Type “http://cydia.iphoneil.net” and touch on “Add Source”.
Cydia will now automatically update your sources by following a series of automated steps.
Step 4: After installation is completed. Search for “Push Fix” in Cydia and install this application. This app will automatically fix Push Notification System on your unlocked and jailbroken iPhone.
Install Push Fix App
Step 5: Restart you iPhone.
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